- Position Title
- Mining Engineer/Geologist
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Announcement Number
- WYDE-24-12430701-MG Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, June 5, 2024 to Monday, August 26, 2024
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Career Transition Assistance Plan: Do you meet ALL of the following eligibilities?
- I am a current or former competitive federal employee displaced or surplused from the Department of the Interior; AND
- I am located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- I am applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which I have been or will be separated; AND
- My last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
3.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan: Do you meet ALL of the following eligibilities?
- I am a current or former competitive federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the Department of the Interior; AND
- I am located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- I am currently in a position at the same grade level or higher than the position being announced; AND
- My last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
Select the series you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one series.
Assessment 1
YOUR RESUME AND APPLICATION MATERIALS YOU SUBMIT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST SUPPORT THE ANSWERS YOU CLAIM UNDER THIS AND OTHER QUESTIONS. IF NOT, YOU WILL BE FOUND NOT QUALIFIED OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE LOWERED.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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These positions each have an individual occupational requirement. In order to qualify, you must meet the individual occupational requirement for the position you are applying for.
To qualify for the Mining Engineer position, you must meet one of the below:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) Lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET. OR (2) Include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
-OR-
B. Combination of education and experience: College level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration or licensure. Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)
To qualify for the Geologist position, you must meet one of the below:
Evaluation of Experience: Acceptable experience may have been gained through geological field or laboratory work that provided a means of obtaining professional knowledge of the theory and application of the principles of geology and closely related sciences, e.g., geophysics, geochemistry, or hydrology. Such work generally must have involved making close observations, taking samples, handling various types of instruments and equipment, assembling geologic data from source materials, and analyzing and reporting findings orally and in writing. Experience that involved only one phase of geology work, e.g., collecting samples, would not be acceptable as providing the required professional knowledge of the theory and principles of geology. In some situations, professional scientific experience in other fields may be accepted in part as professional geological experience. Such experience must have been preceded by appropriate education in geology or by professional geological experience and must have contributed directly and significantly to the applicant's professional geological competence. Examples include some positions in geophysics, mining engineering, soils science, physical oceanography, hydrology, climatology, biology, analytic or experimental chemistry, metallurgy, and comparable fields where the normal duties or results of investigations have been extended to the solution of geologic problems by the applicant. Ordinary functions of positions such as seismic, computer, petroleum or mining engineer, mine superintendent, or metallurgist generally are not considered professional geological experience. To receive credit for geological experience obtained in positions that are not full-time professional geological positions, the applicant is responsible for indicating clearly the actual time or percentage of time devoted to geologic duties within such positions, and for giving adequate descriptions of the geologic functions.
Do you meet one of these requirements?
To qualify for the Mining Engineer position, you must meet one of the below:
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) Lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET. OR (2) Include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
-OR-
B. Combination of education and experience: College level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration or licensure. Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)
To qualify for the Geologist position, you must meet one of the below:
A. Degree: geology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological science, structural, chemical, civil, mining or petroleum engineering, computer science, planetary geology, comparative planetology, geophysics, meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, physical geography, marine geology, and cartography.
-OR-
B. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Evaluation of Experience: Acceptable experience may have been gained through geological field or laboratory work that provided a means of obtaining professional knowledge of the theory and application of the principles of geology and closely related sciences, e.g., geophysics, geochemistry, or hydrology. Such work generally must have involved making close observations, taking samples, handling various types of instruments and equipment, assembling geologic data from source materials, and analyzing and reporting findings orally and in writing. Experience that involved only one phase of geology work, e.g., collecting samples, would not be acceptable as providing the required professional knowledge of the theory and principles of geology. In some situations, professional scientific experience in other fields may be accepted in part as professional geological experience. Such experience must have been preceded by appropriate education in geology or by professional geological experience and must have contributed directly and significantly to the applicant's professional geological competence. Examples include some positions in geophysics, mining engineering, soils science, physical oceanography, hydrology, climatology, biology, analytic or experimental chemistry, metallurgy, and comparable fields where the normal duties or results of investigations have been extended to the solution of geologic problems by the applicant. Ordinary functions of positions such as seismic, computer, petroleum or mining engineer, mine superintendent, or metallurgist generally are not considered professional geological experience. To receive credit for geological experience obtained in positions that are not full-time professional geological positions, the applicant is responsible for indicating clearly the actual time or percentage of time devoted to geologic duties within such positions, and for giving adequate descriptions of the geologic functions.
Do you meet one of these requirements?
2.
FOR GS-09: In addition to meeting the education requirement, you must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-8 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples:
Do you meet the GS-09 qualifications as listed above and have included the information in your resume to support your claim?
- General experience interpreting and applying applicable statues, regulations, procedures and policies, to process typical solid minerals actions.
- Fundamental experience to support inspection of mineral operations for enforcement of solid minerals laws for standard situations.
- Experience gathering, assembling, analyzing and evaluating information regarding typical solid mineral activity.
- Experience participating in interdisciplinary teams.
Do you meet the GS-09 qualifications as listed above and have included the information in your resume to support your claim?
3.
FOR GS-11: In addition to meeting the education requirement, you must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples:
Do you meet the GS-11 qualifications as listed above and have included the information in your resume to support your claim?
- Experience interpreting and applying applicable statues, regulations, procedures and policies to process less typical solid minerals actions.
- Experience to support inspection of mineral operations for enforcement of solid minerals laws for unique situations.
- Experience gathering, assembling, analyzing and evaluating information regarding solid mineral activity.
- Experience participating in interdisciplinary teams.
Do you meet the GS-11 qualifications as listed above and have included the information in your resume to support your claim?
4.
FOR GS-12: In addition to meeting the education requirement, you must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity as indicated by the following examples:
Do you meet the GS-12 qualifications as listed above and have included the information in your resume to support your claim?
- Developed experience interpreting and applying applicable statues, regulations, procedures and policies to process unique solid minerals actions.
- Advanced experience to support inspection of mineral operations for enforcement of solid minerals laws for unique situations.
- Experience gathering, assembling, analyzing and evaluating information regarding solid mineral activity for multifaceted situations.
- Experience leading interdisciplinary teams in support of solid mineral activity.
Do you meet the GS-12 qualifications as listed above and have included the information in your resume to support your claim?
5.
Select the statement that best describes your experience conducting technical examinations, operation reviews, and abandonment inspections in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
6.
Select all of the following references you have reviewed and interpreted.
7.
Select all of the following mining operation inspections you have conducted.
8.
Select the statement that best describes your experience in applying laws and regulations pertaining to solid and locatable mineral operations.
9.
Select the one statement that best describes your experience, education and training in designing a reporting system or method for measurement, allocation, and verification of mineral production from federal leases.
10.
Select the statement that best describes your experience conducting technical examinations, operation reviews, and abandonment inspections in accordance with regulations 43 CFR 3600 and 3809.
11.
Select the statement that best describes your experience in applying laws and regulations pertaining to coal operations.
12.
Select the one statement that best describes your experience, education or training in applying the Mineral Leasing Act with respect to issuing lease or permits and/or conducting mining, and reclamation operations related to the 43 CFR 3500 regulations or equivalent.
13.
Indicate the statement that best describes your experience with evaluation of mining properties.
14.
Select each type of experience you have in conducting geologic investigations.
15.
Identify the professional work related to subsurface and structural geology that you have performed on the job.
16.
Indicate the statement that best describes your education, training or experience in creating geologic models using state-of-the-art technology.
17.
Identify the following professional mining engineering or geologic work that you have performed on the job.
18.
Identify the professional mining engineering work related to management of solid minerals leases you have performed on the job.
19.
Identify the professional mining engineering work related to solid mineral economic evaluation you have performed on the job.
20.
Select the statement that best describes the skills that you routinely apply in a team setting.
21.
Please check each of the following that describes your experience in the NEPA process.
22.
Select the statement that best describes your experience providing comments and/or recommendations on issues that affect minerals and mineral development.
23.
Select the statement that describes your experience as the lead for developing an Environmental Assessment (EA) document and incorporating input from other members of an interdisciplinary natural resources team.
24.
Identify the specialized work related to natural resource management land use planning and environmental analysis that you have performed on the job. Select all that apply.
25.
I have obtained and evaluated detailed surface and subsurface geologic investigations for either locatable of saleable minerals which support recommendations made relating to land management documents of the following types of documents.
26.
Select the one statement that best describes your experience, education and training in preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a large surface mining operation.
27.
Select all of the statements below that describe the interpersonal communication skills that you routinely apply at work.
28.
Select the one statement that best describes your experience in working with engineers, economists, educators, the general public, or with classmates in gathering geological information and evaluating regulatory guidance.
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Select each of the following statements that describe your ability and experience with written communications.
30.
Describe your experience working with a variety of interested and affected individuals, employees, organizations, and agencies to resolve conflict with land and resource management plans and projects.
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Select all of the statements that best describe your experience in providing program leadership, management, and coordination.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
32.
I understand that additional selections may be made from this vacancy, within the same geographical area, by other bureaus from within the DOI, through shared recruiting activities, and my application may be shown to multiple hiring offices. Additional selections for similar positions across the entire Department of the Interior within the local commuting area(s) identified in this vacancy announcement may be made. By applying, I agree to have my application shared with any interested selecting official(s) within the DOI. There is no option to opt- out as my information will not be shared with other hiring agencies outside of the DOI.
33.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled; I may be denied an appointment; or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated and that responding "No" or providing no response to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.